| Accepted name: |
Veronica officinalis L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Common Speedwell
Gipsy-weed
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| French names: |
Véronique officinale
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HVEROF
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Taken with sugar for coughs. Used to poultice boils. Warm juice used for earaches. Taken by thirsty patient for chills(*7). Decoction of plants taken as an emetic to neutralize witchcraft and spoil hunting(*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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